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Lead scrap – Greece: buyers and trade

Greece imports more lead scrap than it exports – by 1.30k t in 2025. Largest supplier: Germany; largest buyer: India. Data: Eurostat Comext (CN 7802 00 00) and the Companies register.

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2.30k timports 2025 · +142.3% y/y
1k texports 2025 · +56.6% y/y
701 EUR/timport unit value 2025 – from declarations, not a market price

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Scrap trade

Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t)
Imports and exports of lead scrap, 2021–2025 (thousand t) Greece – lead scrap, thousand t: 2021 imports 4.70, exports 0.10; 2022 imports 1.30, exports 0.10; 2023 imports 0.80, exports 0.10; 2024 imports 0.90, exports 0.60; 2025 imports 2.30, exports 1. 0 1 2 3 4 5 imports 2021: 4,659 t exports 2021: 72.6 t 2021 imports 2022: 1,330 t exports 2022: 101 t 2022 imports 2023: 808 t exports 2023: 52.6 t 2023 imports 2024: 935 t exports 2024: 614 t 2024 imports 2025: 2,266 t exports 2025: 962 t 2025 imports exports

Partners 2025

Imports from (t)

Germany2,148
Bulgaria66.5
United Kingdom51.9

Exports to (t)

India962
2015–2025 series and unit values
Lead scrap trade – Greece, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 2,128763-1,365 8131,494
2016 6,262418-5,843 1,2241,607
2017 8,380529-7,851 1,4171,895
2018 7,28023.8-7,257 1,0921,896
2019 10,430445-9,985 1,2221,652
2020 6,613183-6,430 1,2031,560
2021 4,65972.6-4,586 1,1811,569
2022 1,330101-1,229 1,8272,883
2023 80852.6-756 1,6442,661
2024 935614-321 5531,768
2025 2,266962-1,304 7011,671
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 297787491 8191,631

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 7802 00 00 . Lead: lead waste and scrap (7802 00 00). Spent lead-acid batteries – a separate series (battery mass, not lead content); the series are not added up. Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-11-04. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

Spent lead-acid batteries – separate series

Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Greece, 2015–2025 Greece – spent lead-acid battery scrap: imports 234 t in 2015 and 29,994 t in 2025; exports – t in 2015 and 57.4 t in 2025. Break in series in 2022: from this year the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – earlier and later years are not fully comparable. 0 10 k 20 k 30 k 2015 2017 2020 2022 2024 2025 Break in series in 2022: from this year the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – earlier and later years are not fully comparable.break in series exports 2022: 542 texports 2023: 263 texports 2024: 100 texports 2025: 57.4 t imports 2015: 234 timports 2016: 833 timports 2017: 0.20 timports 2019: 216 timports 2020: 1,153 timports 2021: 2,717 timports 2022: 7,375 timports 2023: 16,148 timports 2024: 22,113 timports 2025: 29,994 t
imports exports tonnes (scrap mass)
Table of years (chart data)
Spent lead-acid battery scrap trade – Greece, 2015–2025
Year Imports (t)Exports (t)Balance (t) Import unit value (EUR/t)Export unit value (EUR/t)
2015 234–-234 693–
2016 833–-833 747–
2017 0.20–-0.20 8,830–
2018 ––– ––
2019 216–-216 747–
2020 1,153–-1,153 741–
2021 2,717–-2,717 846–
2022 break in series 7,375542-6,833 913570
2023 16,148263-15,884 8412,100
2024 22,113100-22,013 7562,702
2025 29,99457.4-29,937 7104,839
2026 incomplete year: 2026-01/2026-08 16,956–-16,956 689–

Largest scrap suppliers (2025)

  1. Germany 17,961 t
  2. Italy 9,896 t
  3. Israel 1,456 t
  4. Cyprus 680 t

Largest scrap destinations (2025)

  1. Netherlands 35.7 t
  2. Poland 21.7 t

Unit value (EUR/t) – value divided by mass from trade declarations (Comext); an approximation of the price level, not a market price. CN codes: 8548 10 21, 8549 11 10, 8549 11 90 . Spent lead-acid batteries – 8548 10 21 (2015–2021), 8549 11 10 and 8549 11 90 (from 2022). From 2022 the series also includes waste and scrap of batteries (8549 11 90) – years before and after 2022 are not fully comparable. Battery mass, not lead content. Source: Eurostat Comext – EU trade by CN8 (DS-045409), as of 2026-11-04. Balance = exports − imports. Comext

EU-27 context

EU-27 exports of lead scrap to non-EU countries amounted to 41.1k t in 2025 (24.1k t in 2024), imports from outside the EU – 34.6k t. Main non-EU buyers: India 38.8k t, United Kingdom 1.80k t, Hong Kong 0.10k t. EU scrap market →

Buyers – Greece

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Map of scrap buyers in Europe – Greece Sunlight Recycling S.A. – Komotini – lead-acid battery recycling, Komotini (non-ferrous scrap remelting) METECO S.A. – Oraiokastro (Neochorouda industrial park) – metal scrap yard, Oraiokastro (non-ferrous and stainless steel scrap recycling) I. MAVROULIS – G. PRIOVOLOS, METPLAST A.V.E.E. – Thebes (Thiva) – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in a rotary furnace and lead refining, Thiva (secondary lead smelter (battery breaking, smelting and refining))
smelter (document or value-chain link) smelter – type of plant (semi-finished products, foundry, zinc alloys and zinc oxide) processor Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). Location of some plants: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

  1. I. MAVROULIS – G. PRIOVOLOS, METPLAST A.V.E.E.

    Thebes (Thiva) – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in a rotary furnace and lead refining, Thiva · Greece

    smelter From the chain link – grades not established A class A source · verified 2026-11-04

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  2. METECO S.A.

    Oraiokastro (Neochorouda industrial park) – metal scrap yard, Oraiokastro · Greece

    processor From the chain link – grades not established B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Accepted grades: insulated copper wire and cable scrap, aluminium wire and cable scrap

    Buyer card · Source ↗

  3. Sunlight Recycling S.A.

    Komotini – lead-acid battery recycling, Komotini · Greece

    smelter Scrap in a plant document B class B source · verified 2026-10-08

    Accepted grades: spent lead-acid batteries (whole or crushed)

    Buyer card · Source ↗

Straight-line distance (great circle) from the shipping point – not road distance. The description of the shipment procedure is general and does not constitute legal advice. Legal status as of 20 October 2026: Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste. The classification of the waste and the obligations of the parties are determined case by case.

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